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strides in environmental stewardships themselves and have joined in this conference including mayor fong from oakland, mayor kevin johnson from sacramento, mayor cory booker from new ark and hif a applause and support his city with. [applause] i would also like to welcome former governor from new york patacky and thank you for your leadership. over the next days you will learn about sustainable practices. you will network with the greatest minds in the industry and enjoy your time here. be thoughtful. be creative and go out and lead the befl energy and green policies for the rest of the country. congratulations and thanks for being here in san francisco. [applause] >> my name is byron webb. i'm a development director with the port and i want to welcome to heron park. it was built in the wetlands in the bay view community adjacent to the indian basin. it is approximately 22-acres and we are here to celebrate the expansion of the wetlands and also the creation of the first bidirectional bike way in the city and in this neighborhood. with that brief introduction -- the reason that we're her
strides in environmental stewardships themselves and have joined in this conference including mayor fong from oakland, mayor kevin johnson from sacramento, mayor cory booker from new ark and hif a applause and support his city with. [applause] i would also like to welcome former governor from new york patacky and thank you for your leadership. over the next days you will learn about sustainable practices. you will network with the greatest minds in the industry and enjoy your time here. be...
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commissioner fong: did you not quite understand? it seems like you would all have an order in which you would like to present, it seems you could line yourself in order that you have already preset. i need you all over there. >> thank you. inclusionary policy was first adopted in 1992, amended in 2002 and again in 2006. in 2006, a technical advisor committee was formed. its members were the council of community house organizations, receive housing, asian neighborhood design, south of market community action network , hash jr. foundation. it is important to state that the city did not include any member or a representative from the small business community. as a result, the following recommendations are move forward. to increase on-site requirements from 10% up to 15%, and offset from 15% to 20%. to lower the threshold for inclusionary requirements from 10 to five units or more. a provision was also included to be constructed within a one-mile radius of the principal project, and afterwards, there was legislation introduced and appro
commissioner fong: did you not quite understand? it seems like you would all have an order in which you would like to present, it seems you could line yourself in order that you have already preset. i need you all over there. >> thank you. inclusionary policy was first adopted in 1992, amended in 2002 and again in 2006. in 2006, a technical advisor committee was formed. its members were the council of community house organizations, receive housing, asian neighborhood design, south of...
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commissioner fong: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonia menini: congratulations to christie the lobine olague, even though we on voted different ways, supervisor olague was always open to discussion and compromise, and i think someone has said that politics is the art of the possible and she will do well because of her item -- attitude in that regard. item two, most of you know the 49ers are playing in an important game against the saints this saturday. they are played at candlestick park, which is the site of more nfl playoff games than any other stadium in the united states, partly due to the great successes of the 40 miners in the past. -- 49ers in the past. my third item has to do with personal experience talking about formula of retairetail tro find a battery. over the holidays we have had a land line that has gone out. it is a tone that is able to be removed from the land line and walked around with. apparently may be all that is wrong with it is the battery. unfortunately, radio shack did not have it in either d
commissioner fong: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonia menini: congratulations to christie the lobine olague, even though we on voted different ways, supervisor olague was always open to discussion and compromise, and i think someone has said that politics is the art of the possible and she will do well because of her item -- attitude in that regard. item two, most of you know the 49ers are playing in an important game against the saints this saturday. they are played at candlestick...
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commissioner fong: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am george, a member of unitarian universalist church. i am here to speak in support of creating a mitigation monitoring, reporting, and enforcement committee has requested by the coalition of san francisco for health care, housing, jobs, and justice. our historic sanctuary at the unitarian church is located across the intersection from the proposed cathedral hill hospital loading dock. our magnificent stained-glass windows will transfer noise from the loading dock, including the beep, beep, beep of delivery trucks, and the significant and unavoidable noise of oxygen in deliveries and medical waste removal equipment. in addition, there remains the potential for delivery trucks creating blocked intersections with frustrated drivers on and geary and o'farrell streets laying on of their horns. i appreciate that the representatives agreed to even stronger medications than originally proposed to address these challenges, but many of those medications are contingent -- many of those mitiga
commissioner fong: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am george, a member of unitarian universalist church. i am here to speak in support of creating a mitigation monitoring, reporting, and enforcement committee has requested by the coalition of san francisco for health care, housing, jobs, and justice. our historic sanctuary at the unitarian church is located across the intersection from the proposed cathedral hill hospital loading dock. our magnificent stained-glass windows will transfer...
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president fong: ok. [reading names] if i have called your name, come on up. >> i would like to start by submitting -- there are eight copies. i did not realize there were 12 of the. i am a resident of san francisco. i worked in the field of field development to or promotion of field development and as a coach for over 20 years. i would like to start off by stating that i am not the biggest proponent of filled turf, but considering the conditions of san francisco and of this west and area, it is the only choice. if we look at the polo grounds, the city invested zero million dollars into refurbishing them. -- $8 million into refurbishing them. -- a million dollars into refurbishing them. the things i just handed you, it completely eliminates the white issue. there is a new company that has created lights that diminished the spill of light by 50%. it decreases the amount of cost and energy consumption by over half. it is a viable agreement solution to eliminate a lot of the problems that the opposition are
president fong: ok. [reading names] if i have called your name, come on up. >> i would like to start by submitting -- there are eight copies. i did not realize there were 12 of the. i am a resident of san francisco. i worked in the field of field development to or promotion of field development and as a coach for over 20 years. i would like to start off by stating that i am not the biggest proponent of filled turf, but considering the conditions of san francisco and of this west and area,...
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president fong: next team, please. we want one speaker or two speakers per team, thank you very much. >> [inaudible] president fong: thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners. i am a father of three children. my oldest is 10. they thoroughly enjoyed sports. i also coached soccer, baseball, basketball. i am a strong proponent of fitness. i think it improves the all- around ability of the kids. i just want to give you a personal experience. i went back and look to my calendar. i had 21 cancellations of practices or games. only two of those were legitimate cancellations that would have happened on turf. it was not a very rainy season this year. maybe you already know this, but the demand for sports in the city is very high. my younger daughter, who is 8, 1 to play baseball so bad she made me get up at midnight to register her. the lacrosse registration for my eight-year-old daughter ended within one hour of registration been opened. demand for field is there. it would be a great addition to the city of san francisc
president fong: next team, please. we want one speaker or two speakers per team, thank you very much. >> [inaudible] president fong: thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners. i am a father of three children. my oldest is 10. they thoroughly enjoyed sports. i also coached soccer, baseball, basketball. i am a strong proponent of fitness. i think it improves the all- around ability of the kids. i just want to give you a personal experience. i went back and look to my calendar....
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president fong: commissioner wu. commissioner wu: i share the concerns of commissioner sugaya and wonder, where is the forum where we can talk about the shadow issue that's somewhat outside of e.i.r. but come to a place where we're not presented with that tension. so obviously there's that. with regards to the shadow and the e.i.r., i would be interested to know, are there any legal or feasible mitigations for shadows, or is it just -- are there none that exist within the ceqa world? president fong: commissioner moore. commissioner moore: as far as i know it's shadow or sun, those are the two alternatives. it's a tan or no tan. i'm sorry to say it that way. what i really feel -- and this is in support of what commissioner sugaya brought up -- that we're being led down a path where the inevitable shadow allows others to also have shadow, where there is already shadow, so they're making a little bit more shadow, and accumulatively we understand what the potential of shadow means or not. tourists and visitors come to sa
president fong: commissioner wu. commissioner wu: i share the concerns of commissioner sugaya and wonder, where is the forum where we can talk about the shadow issue that's somewhat outside of e.i.r. but come to a place where we're not presented with that tension. so obviously there's that. with regards to the shadow and the e.i.r., i would be interested to know, are there any legal or feasible mitigations for shadows, or is it just -- are there none that exist within the ceqa world? president...
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president fong: thank you. >> i do have some additional letters of public comment and i will run these up. >> one thing that was not mentioned. fong:we would like to hear froe commission if they are amenable to the idea that was brought up by a tenant advocates, setting an initial date by which the buildings would have had to be vacant or under-utilized. the moment that the original legislation by supervisor dufty was introduced or any other day that you would be amenable to. the other thing i wanted to point out is that for our office, the use of six months of temporary controls would be an opportunity to continue to engage our stakeholders to come to a conclusion. i know we requested one month last time we were in front of the commission but it is a complicated and delicate issue and we would like to keep that time to work with our stakeholders to see with the most appropriate use for the vacant or under-utilized specifically residential hotels is. president fong: thank you. is there any additional staff comm
president fong: thank you. >> i do have some additional letters of public comment and i will run these up. >> one thing that was not mentioned. fong:we would like to hear froe commission if they are amenable to the idea that was brought up by a tenant advocates, setting an initial date by which the buildings would have had to be vacant or under-utilized. the moment that the original legislation by supervisor dufty was introduced or any other day that you would be amenable to. the...
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president fong: upside-down. there you go. >> this is a very large building on the corner of ocean avenue and granada. any businesses that will thrive in this building is going to bring in traffic into the area. that is what we want. unfortunately, sometimes traffic does mean vehicular traffic in addition to foot traffic because we have public transportation accessible to the area. many of the students at city college will be going to be placed via public transit. -- to the place the a public transit. we have observed the place during the day and a lot of the meters are full. this photo was taken on january 10, two days ago, at around 12:45. unfortunately, the digital camera has a time and date stamp, but not on the photo. meters are available throughout the day. also, this is the view of the building with the surrounding area at night. this was taken december 20, at 12:29 p.m. you cannot see very well, but it shows the building and also the parking around there. i just want to thank you for the opportunity that
president fong: upside-down. there you go. >> this is a very large building on the corner of ocean avenue and granada. any businesses that will thrive in this building is going to bring in traffic into the area. that is what we want. unfortunately, sometimes traffic does mean vehicular traffic in addition to foot traffic because we have public transportation accessible to the area. many of the students at city college will be going to be placed via public transit. -- to the place the a...
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thank you. >> president fong: i will call a couple of names. [reading names] >> i work at slim's on 11th street and i am part of the task force that developed the western soma plan. i would like to speak to one aspect of that plan as it impacts 11th street. i joined the task force, -- as i joined the task force, we were in a conflict with some residential neighbors on 11th street and i brought up that we should not allow more residential building on 11th street. the way it is that is not possible. in shortt if you took a liberal democrat from san francisco, you can -- they can share a space with a religious republican from texas, but why would you want to do that? you know going in you will have problems and if we can avoid that on 11th street, i think we should and now would be the time. thank you. >> mr. president, commissioners. i am an attorney in san francisco, i specialized in entertainment venues. 50% of every large entertainment venue that has built -- been built in the last five years i have had something to do with. i am concerned abo
thank you. >> president fong: i will call a couple of names. [reading names] >> i work at slim's on 11th street and i am part of the task force that developed the western soma plan. i would like to speak to one aspect of that plan as it impacts 11th street. i joined the task force, -- as i joined the task force, we were in a conflict with some residential neighbors on 11th street and i brought up that we should not allow more residential building on 11th street. the way it is that...
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commissioner fong: additional public comment? >> i am the council for the california and nevada at annual conference of the united methodist church. the city of san francisco has successfully defended the planning commission's decisions of june 24, 2010, in court. that is absolutely incorrect. in february, the judge reaffirmed his prior decisions and allowed the developer and the churches lawsuits to continue. those questions are now in front of the court of appeal. the judge was very clear that he believed the church had been treated unfairly and the full fit -- a full hearing was unfair. there has been descriptions that we have not tried outreach. we have tried outreach. the church matched with middle pollek. when this project came up and a resolution came up, we reached out. i did not realize the same people we were calling were the same people that mr. mack and attorney subpoenaed. we did not subpoenaed them. we asked the city attorney's office to call them. there is no horrible conspiracy. we're not trying to destroy the bui
commissioner fong: additional public comment? >> i am the council for the california and nevada at annual conference of the united methodist church. the city of san francisco has successfully defended the planning commission's decisions of june 24, 2010, in court. that is absolutely incorrect. in february, the judge reaffirmed his prior decisions and allowed the developer and the churches lawsuits to continue. those questions are now in front of the court of appeal. the judge was very...
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commissioner fong: i need to call public comment. we have questions from commissioners, and that we have this one speaker card, so i will go a little bit out of order. i did call public comment? public, was close. we went to commissioner comments and questions. ok. >> [inaudible] commissioner fong: thank you. commissioners, any other questions or comments? thank you. >> ok, commissioners, thank you. that would conclude the informational presentation for item 13. you are now on item 14, case 2012.0901t, threshold for application of inclusion area affordable housing. >> i would note that to the extent that it relates to the ballot measure, the same precautionary advice i gave before the prior item would apply. you may discuss and make recommendation on this particular item, but the extent that it relates to the ballot measure, may not take a position on the ballot measure. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the item before you today is an ordinance amended the planning code to move the unit numbers threshold for application o
commissioner fong: i need to call public comment. we have questions from commissioners, and that we have this one speaker card, so i will go a little bit out of order. i did call public comment? public, was close. we went to commissioner comments and questions. ok. >> [inaudible] commissioner fong: thank you. commissioners, any other questions or comments? thank you. >> ok, commissioners, thank you. that would conclude the informational presentation for item 13. you are now on item...
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president fong: questions? >> ok, thank you. commissioners, we can now move over to your 15-minute general comment category. items of the public and can address you on any items with the exception of issues on the agenda, which cannot be addressed in this category. the entire category as a 15- minute time limit. i do not have any speaker cards. president fong: is there any general public comment? >> this is the first time i've come here. i would like to talk about my labor. we open a restaurant i can come back >president fong: we agree to hear that item a little bit -- in a little bit on the calendar. you can speak and. any other general public comment? >> commissioners, we can move forward to the beginning of the regular calendar with item #9, case number 20124901 kolk street -- case number 2012. >> the item before you is for conditional use authorization to combine the approximately 600 square for wine bar with the full-service restaurant space at 901 called street. to establish an approximately 3200 sq. ft. full-service resta
president fong: questions? >> ok, thank you. commissioners, we can now move over to your 15-minute general comment category. items of the public and can address you on any items with the exception of issues on the agenda, which cannot be addressed in this category. the entire category as a 15- minute time limit. i do not have any speaker cards. president fong: is there any general public comment? >> this is the first time i've come here. i would like to talk about my labor. we open...
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president fong: ok. [reading names] >> good afternoon or good evening. i am a high school athletic director. i spent five years running san francisco delete here in the city. i am very much -- san francisco little league here in this city. i am very much in favor of this project. as a high school athletic director, we struggled with the condition of the grass fields in the city. we have parents that that does not to send our teams to play at feels that have become degraded and dangerous. we send our kids there and a kid gets injured, we felt horrible. the synthetic turf fields are the safest fields in the city. from an athletic director perspective, this is a fantastic project. as a former president of the youth sports organization, speaking on behalf of the people the care about their kids, i want to say how when pour into this project is. these people give us so much of their free time to the kids of the city and to be supported by the city is a fantastic thing. this eir process -- we understand the pr
president fong: ok. [reading names] >> good afternoon or good evening. i am a high school athletic director. i spent five years running san francisco delete here in the city. i am very much -- san francisco little league here in this city. i am very much in favor of this project. as a high school athletic director, we struggled with the condition of the grass fields in the city. we have parents that that does not to send our teams to play at feels that have become degraded and dangerous....
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commissioner borden: do -- commissioner fong: do you want to add more to that? >> there is a portion on the front porch where queuing can occur. i was there with president obama and there were people going off the sidewalk and it worked very well. commissioner fong: i am curious what the fellow commissioners have and i appreciate the time -- did you make a motion? commissioner borden: i want to follow up on what my fellow commissioners have already said. there are 30 conditions in the motion, but i would be fine with adding some of the additional things in that conditional use. i understand there are entertainment commission conditions, but i'm happy to see that included. one of the things discussed was something about huntington park or making sure people don't enter huntington park and perhaps that is the line which we can include to make sure the security people direct people away from that and i like the off-duty officers for the 1200 presold tickets. our fellow commissioners have had upon the fact that it's difficult to ascertain 8 #about events of the past
commissioner borden: do -- commissioner fong: do you want to add more to that? >> there is a portion on the front porch where queuing can occur. i was there with president obama and there were people going off the sidewalk and it worked very well. commissioner fong: i am curious what the fellow commissioners have and i appreciate the time -- did you make a motion? commissioner borden: i want to follow up on what my fellow commissioners have already said. there are 30 conditions in the...
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commissioner fong: thank you. if i have called your name and you are ready to speak, come on up. there may be some folks in the other room, and i will keep calling names. maybe you can give us an update its seats become available of here. corey marshall. rubin santana. paul chin. indeed brown. -- angie brown. ok. how about teresa timson? robert lopez? all right. >> good afternoon. i am robert lopez. i work for mission hiring hall, south of market employment center. i just want to talk a little bit about what we do admission hiring hall. we have the city build program, and we have the construction admin training program. we also work with the homeless there. basically, we get jobs for our san francisco at residents to come there. we have been there for 40 years doing this work. and how we affiliated with the cpmc project? we are affiliated through the general contractor, and the contractor has come in to help revamp our curriculum at the construction admin program. in addition to that, they have hired out of our pr
commissioner fong: thank you. if i have called your name and you are ready to speak, come on up. there may be some folks in the other room, and i will keep calling names. maybe you can give us an update its seats become available of here. corey marshall. rubin santana. paul chin. indeed brown. -- angie brown. ok. how about teresa timson? robert lopez? all right. >> good afternoon. i am robert lopez. i work for mission hiring hall, south of market employment center. i just want to talk a...
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president fong: thank you very much. next group, please? >> hello. my name is liam and i play on the s.f. united soccer team. soccer players are not a special interest group. we represent every zip d.o.d. -- code in the city. we are the future of the city ard -- and we are the city. artificial turf can be maintained in played on in all kinds of weather. 9% of be be players polled prefer artificial turf. the players who use beach chalet support the project. those who oppose it do not use the fields and use other areas of the park. also on turf you can't get rained out and even if it's raining i really do love soccer and would like to play soccer. please move forward with this project. thank you. [applause] >> are you with a youth group, sir? >> yeah. good evening, commissioners. leo cafferty. i'm with san francisco glen. we have 150 kids that pass through here and 150 kids waiting outside so we've opted to syndicate since it's time to go home and do the homework. i'll speak first. so, you know, in 1939 there was sand dunes and fields. there is an aira
president fong: thank you very much. next group, please? >> hello. my name is liam and i play on the s.f. united soccer team. soccer players are not a special interest group. we represent every zip d.o.d. -- code in the city. we are the future of the city ard -- and we are the city. artificial turf can be maintained in played on in all kinds of weather. 9% of be be players polled prefer artificial turf. the players who use beach chalet support the project. those who oppose it do not use...
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president fong: aye. >> the motion passed unanimously. president fong: we will take a 5 minute, 10 minute break here. >> the commission is taking a 10 minute recess. thank you. >> item 14, amending the san francisco planning code by repealing existing bicycle parking requirements, adding new sections. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the item before you today is initiation of the bike parking legislation. for the public benefit, the hearing does not include substantive discussions, but seeks approval for an adoption at a later date. we request to consider this item for adoption on september 28. this legislation is coming after the adoption of the bike plan in 2009. it is an implementation arm of our general plan. the major components of this legislation are increasing and expanding bike parking requirements for multiple use categories, requiring class one and class to parking. class 1 is secure and whether -- secure and weatherproof. class two is highly visible. there are other requirements for placement and design of bike racks. lastly,
president fong: aye. >> the motion passed unanimously. president fong: we will take a 5 minute, 10 minute break here. >> the commission is taking a 10 minute recess. thank you. >> item 14, amending the san francisco planning code by repealing existing bicycle parking requirements, adding new sections. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the item before you today is initiation of the bike parking legislation. for the public benefit, the hearing does not include substantive...
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president fong: any additional comment? >> the motion before you is to approve this project with conditions as proposed on the motion. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. we can move to number 11, the van ness bus rapid transit project. >> we have some speakers to give you an informational presentation on the van ness bus rapid transit project. this has been planned for many years and the planning department has involved in several ways. we have done urban design studies for the corridor at three locations admission and market, city hall and we have helped the agencies to develop evaluation criteria for various alternatives and we participated in the technical review committee as well and this project has been reviewed many times by the directors working group, which is a number of department heads that meet monthly. we are pleased to see it before any of
president fong: any additional comment? >> the motion before you is to approve this project with conditions as proposed on the motion. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. president fong: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. we can move to number 11, the van ness bus rapid transit project. >> we have some speakers to give you an informational presentation on...
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commissioner fong: thank you. >> i would like to remind the public that this is public comment regarding certifying the eir. your time is limited to two minutes. >> i am a resident bishop for the california and nevada conference of the united methodist church. our conference serves the northern two-thirds of the state of california and the northern half of the state of nevada. i come here asking the commission to certify the environmental impact report and eventually approved a conditional use application. i come as someone who cares and knows about this church. i am a former resident of the city of san francisco and have worked in the city over a number of years. in the mid-'80s, i was the district superintendent that supervised this church and the city of san francisco. i have continued to serve in this city in many ways. i am the current member of the board for glide. this is a way -- it allows the church a dignified and to a long ministry. the legacy of that ministry to be continued in new ways within the city
commissioner fong: thank you. >> i would like to remind the public that this is public comment regarding certifying the eir. your time is limited to two minutes. >> i am a resident bishop for the california and nevada conference of the united methodist church. our conference serves the northern two-thirds of the state of california and the northern half of the state of nevada. i come here asking the commission to certify the environmental impact report and eventually approved a...
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president fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. >> that motion is approved, 6-1. >> it seems the five criteria necessary for granting of variants have not been met and i am disinclined to grant this variance. no decision on the part of the zoning administrator is final until a decision letter is issued. that brings a 10-day appeal window. if the owner would like a copy of the letter, please give back to the commission secretary. -- please give that to the commission secretary. president fong: commissioners, the final item of this calendar, public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are on the subject matter of the commission except agenda items. i have no speaker cards. president fong: is there any general public comment? ok, seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. supervisor elsbernd: good morning. welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee meeting. my name and sean elsbernd, chair of the committee. to my le
president fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. >> that motion is approved, 6-1. >> it seems the five criteria necessary for granting of variants have not been met and i am disinclined to grant this variance. no decision on the part of the zoning administrator is final until a decision letter is issued. that brings a 10-day appeal window. if the owner would like a copy of the letter, please give back to the commission secretary. -- please give that to the commission secretary....
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president fong: thank you. >> i am appalled at the draft changes. i thought this was about trying to help have a new housing built and trying to protect the rental stuff that we have -- stock we have. this just wipes it out. you might as well not have passed anything at all if you think there would be protections with this, i have a hill to sell you. where thousands of units have been lost. we're all st. mary's -- where all st. mary's has been fighting. later, it was the academy of our university and other schools. i walk by and i see the other schools there. not even to mention what happens if all the language schools are doing this, too. of course, there will be no evictions because no one goes to court to evict. they give people notices and people move. that is what happened and i -- i and i cannot tell you how many buildings. one building was like to begin its and i see more buildings that have -- happened afterwards. we had two buildings on jones streets that were emptied for demolition rather than this. o
president fong: thank you. >> i am appalled at the draft changes. i thought this was about trying to help have a new housing built and trying to protect the rental stuff that we have -- stock we have. this just wipes it out. you might as well not have passed anything at all if you think there would be protections with this, i have a hill to sell you. where thousands of units have been lost. we're all st. mary's -- where all st. mary's has been fighting. later, it was the academy of our...